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Ice Hockey (1988)
A Classic
No other way to describe this. It belongs up there with the likes of Mario Bros, Mike Tyson's Punchout and Kung Fu. Such horrible, cheesy games that kept us entertained and fascinated and opened up new worlds to us Gen X'ers deserve their recognition. I played this game at least 3 or 4 hrs a day all through elementary school, and even to this day, over a decade later, nostalgia will hit and I will dust off my old Nintendo, pop in the cartridge and in seconds the horribly redundant, beautiful music of Ice Hockey will once again ring. **** Four stars, this game will live on.
Mr. Deeds (2002)
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Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, yatta yatta on and so forth. Adam Sandler "stars" in yet another one of his identical, typical, predictable "films", this time as the recipient of a huge sum of cash. Hmm, a stupid rich guy who acts retarded, pretends to be 12, who loses his girlfriend and finds love again in his own cute/dumb/retarded way. That's right, I'm talking about Billy Madison. No wait, I mean Big Daddy. Oh, that's right, this one is Mr. Deeds. Forgive me for not keeping track of this genius's filmography, each subsequent "film" just becomes more and more typical. The first 5 movies were enough, but let's keep it under 10, ok?
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001)
Highly addictive, enjoyable masterpiece
Even I was surprised when I first played this. I'm no skateboard enthusiast, and I was rather cynical at first. I would never have considered trying this game out had my cousin not put it on the top of his Christmas list. I purchased the game and gave it to my cousin for Christmas. He was notably happy and ecstatic when he unearthed the shiny CD from its colorful wrappers, and we proceeded to spend the entire day in front of the living room big-screen, perfecting our rail grinds and 900's (whatever that means). I ended up playing it more than he did, and this is saying alot for me. I am not easily amused with video games, but this was one of the few that managed to grab me for a significant amount of time.
I'd rank this up with Grand Theft Auto III, both are masterpieces in their own right. However, I have tried to avoid playing whenever I visit my family now - because I usually spend the majority of the day in my cousins room instead of with the family that I love! Not recommended for people with addictive personalities (smokers, alcoholics, etc.) Just kidding, but seriously, this game is great, it requires a measure of skill unlike many silly shoot-em-ups out there. It never gets boring. Aside from the multitude of fun and realistic settings, cities, and skating parks provided (along with many secret levels), you also have the unique ability to create your OWN skating scenarios, your OWN skating parks and cities, so the fun never stops. If your a busy college student taking 21 credits and juggling a part-time job, wait until the summer to start playing! Because once you start, you won't want to stop.
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Not believable at all
This movie is completely unrealistic. Unless you are hands-down the hottest, most good-looking, charismatic, gorgeous guy on the planet, no single guy should have a problem abstaining for 40 days. And, sad to say, Josh Hartnett is far from that. If you are a chiseled, Herculean god, and possess the unique ability to melt women's hearts by simply looking at them, then yes it would be a problem to abstain. But for 99% of us, going 40 days without sex is no sweat, hell some of us could go through 5 or 6 lents!
Very arrogant and presumptive comedy in my book, as if women are just banging down our doors seducing us at every turn. *rolls eyes* This movie would make you think any guy can get any girl in the space of 40 days, and abstaining would be a devastating and unthinkable stray from the norm. I'd even go so far as to say this movie assumes it would be more difficult breaking a smoking habit than giving up sex for lent! Sorry, I can smoke a cigarette any time I want, day, night, Mondays through Sundays. Most guys just don't have the same luxury with women.
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Incredible, just incredible
I honestly wasn't expecting much out of this film. I went to the video store yesterday to rent Die Hard 3 (another great film) but both copies were already checked out. After browsing for awhile, I found a section on the New Release wall devoted to this movie, Kiss Of The Dragon. After much thought, I decided to go ahead and rent it, just for the heck of it. I popped it in half-heartedly, ordered a pizza and started watching it. I automatically forgot my hunger within the first ten minutes. The pizza arrived, but I was too focused on the movie to even bother eating (this is saying alot, usually nothing will stop me from eating, but this movie definitely took priority). The movie was just amazing: great martial arts, great effects, intriguing plot-line, and it was a great surprise since I wasn't expecting such an epic film to begin with. Needless to say, at the end of the movie I caught my breath, felt a growling in my stomach, and proceeded to devour my completely un-eaten 16' pizza, which had turned cold by that time. Rent this movie, I saw it twice (once yesterday and again today) and I plan on purchasing the DVD. It's brilliant!